obama returned to his favorite theme of rising income inequality. he ought to know since few presidents have done more to increase inequality than he has. median household income has fallen since the economic recovery began, while the rich who own capital assets have done very well." now, two things. first, the reason there is such a wide gap between the rich and the poor in america is technology. we're living in a time where people who have tech skills will make money, and people who have few skills will struggle. and the president's nanny state mentality's not going to change that. second, american children must master skills in school. but president obama has done very little to reform the teachers unions to encourage discipline in the public schools and to be blunt about why some kids fail. the primary reason children do not learn is that their parents are chaotic, apathetic or not around. it all comes back to parenting and to discipline in the public schools. money doesn't have much to do with it. when i taught high school in miami, private sch